Davenport Hotel (Spokane)
- Davenport Hotel (Spokane)
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location= 807 W. Sprague
Spokane, Washington
lat_degrees = 47 | lat_minutes = 39 | lat_seconds = 24.5 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 117 | long_minutes = 25 | long_seconds = 27.65 | long_direction = W
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architect= Kirtland Kelsey Cutter
architecture= Mission/Spanish Revival
added = September 05, 1975
governing_body = Private
refnum=75001874 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]The Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington was commissioned by a group of Spokane businessmen. They chose Louis Davenport to oversee the project and architect Kirtland Cutter to design the building in 1914. The Davenport Hotel was completely restored by developer Walt Worthy in 2002. The hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In January 2007 the Davenport Hotel opened its new 21 floor Davenport Tower with 328 additional hotel rooms.
The Davenport Hotel is Spokane's only AAA four diamond hotel and has recently been voted number 5 of the top ten hotels in the world by the users of the travel website Expedia.com.
Notable Guests
Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Mary Pickford, Clark Gable, John Philip Sousa, Lawrence Welk, Marian Anderson, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, Zane Grey, Dashiell Hammett, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and after the renovation, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Petty, Cher, and Tony Snow.
References
External links
* [http://www.thedavenporthotel.com/index.php The Davenport Hotel]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7545 HistoryLink.org] Davenport Hotel (Spokane)
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